Quotes by Auden, W. H.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they a >>

My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunati >>

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembere >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair >>

Of all great poems, love is the absolute and essential foundation. >>

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity --it sh >>

Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.

Auden, W. H.